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"By the loving providence of God, we have assisted this evening at the supreme exaltation of a humble daughter of the people, in a ceremony whose solemnity and dignity are unique in the history of the Church.
For tonight's canonization has been held in this vast and inviting place of mystery, made for the occasion into a sacred temple whose vault is the open heaven that proclaims the glories of Almighty God—a choice for which you first expressed the desire before We had decided to make the disposition.
The concourse of the faithful coming here for the occasion, exceeds anything that has ever been witnessed at any other occasion. You have been lured here, we might almost say, by the entrancing beauty and intoxicating fragrance of this lily mantled with crimson whom we, only a moment ago, had the intense pleasure of inscribing in the roll of the saints; the sweet little martyr of purity, Maria Goretti."
Assunta Goretti, Maria's mother, must have had many thoughts and mixed emotions as she listened to His Holiness, Pope Pius XII deliver this homily. More than 250,000 people had gathered in the piazza, St. Peter's Square on the evening, June 24, 1950 to participate in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, to pray, and to honor Assunta's canonized daughter. Any mother would be transported back in time, the early days of marriage, young children, family, familiar surroundings...
...To the never-ending winter of 1897. The blustery Alpine cold whipped down along Italy's eastern edge. Italy's backbone, the Apennine Mountains, deflect all the warmth from the Mediterranean and the African Continent. Luigi Goretti, Assunta's hard working farmer husband, was discouraged. The pure mountain air, steep paths and craggy landscape were appealing. Even the beauty of the Adriatic could be seen from the church tower in their little village of Corinaldo. But it was not enticing now. Enduring the long winters of heavy snows and bitter cold wind while gathering precious fuel was no way to live. Luigi was a man of action. God helps those who help themselves. He wanted more for his family than the meager existence the mountains provided. Assunta felt a knot of fear and panic at the thought of leaving her ancestral home. But Luigi, in his youthful travels as a soldier, had seen what lay beyond the mountains. There was the milder Mediterranean climate, fertile plains, and a chance for a man to make a living for his family, rather than the constant battle against nature.
Luigi and Assunta packed what little they had, along with their four children, Angelo, nine, Maria, six, Marino, four and new born Allesandro. Across the Apennines they traveled, two hundred miles in two weeks, due westward on steep, treacherous mountain paths until at last the Roman Campagna spread before them.
Into the city they headed, overwhelmed by the size, the multitudes of people and a strange, noisy life. They found comfort inside the city's numerous churches, praying, lighting candles, imploring the saints for guidance that they would find fruit and not folly in their adventure.
By chance they learned of rich farm lands owned by Count Mazzoleni south west of the city near the coastal town of Nettuno. They were told to stop and inquire at Ferriere. The land could be rented reasonably, or perhaps worked on a profit-sharing basis. The family was eager to settle. The boys were becoming restless. Only Maria remained sweet and uncomplaining as the city pavement fell away to a landscape of vineyards, and fields of wheat and corn. But as they continued, the Mediterranean coastal plain was very different. The "fertile" farmland had to be wrestled away from marshes and swamps. The air was hot and always heavy and damp from the sea.
It was mid afternoon when they entered the village of Ferriere on the edge of the Pontine Marshes. Not a soul was on the street to greet them; no church, no shops.
The heat of the day was intense, the children thirsty and tired after the day's journey.
Luigi swallowed his disappointment as he knocked on a door. Looking around him he felt unwelcome, as if all the sidewalks had been pulled up and locked away.
Finally after several attempts to arouse someone, Luigi heard the slow shuffling of feet. An elderly woman unbolted the door and directed him in the direction of the Count's "estate": the "old cheese factory" at the end of town. The Goretti's found the oblong two story building perched on a small rise surrounded by flat, swampy, treeless land. The outbuildings consisted of a shed, stable and hen house, abandoned, empty of all life. With minimal fuss and bother, the Goretti's became sharecroppers for Count Mazzoleni. Assunta quickly took over the cares of the house and made it home for her family.
Luigi began to work immediately to make a success of his endeavor. His first project was to drain the neglected land. All summer he continued with tireless effort and by fall had tilled enough land to plant eight acres of wheat and barley. But the summer of backbreaking work, the change in climate and the proximity of the malarial-infested Pontine had put Luigi in grave danger. At first, he ignored a slight chill and fever. With so much to be done how could he rest? There was work at the quarry to patch the roadway, hedges to trim, firewood to secure, buildings and roofs to repair, lofts to clean, and task after task after task. A troublesome cough followed him day and night, but he never stopped. Harvest time came and Count Mazzoleni came to inspect the yield. He found Goretti's grain half cut, limp in the fields. The Count angrily stormed into the house.
Luigi lay ill, prostrate with fever. He could only admit that he could not bring in the harvest by himself. Without waiting for further explanation, the Count said he would send Giovanni Serenelli and his son to complete the work for a share of the crop. Luigi fought back bitter disappointment. Now he must share half his harvest and expect Assunta to care for two more people. How could he ask his lovely Assunta to do more? Already she was overburdened with his illness, the children, a new baby, and the cares of the farm. As Luigi and Assunta prayed together before retiring, Luigi knew he must tell Assunta, but first he must sleep.
Early the next morning, the Serenelli's arrived. Giovanni was a man about sixty and his youngest son, Alexander, was a strong and well-built young man of eighteen. Giovanni hailed from Assunta's own country and spoke lovingly of the people and places that were dear to her heart. He also had a well-practiced and touching litany of his own miseries: his wife's death in the asylum and a son's confinement there, his other children following their own lives back home. He was now left with his youngest, destitute and alone, but willing to work with Luigi—for half of the profits and a communal life with the Goretti's. As the Serenelli's diligently began to work to get the harvest under control, a bit of joy returned to the Goretti household. Assunta prepared her best meals. The children were happily amused with Alexander's prowess at catching birds and making reed whistles. But as autumn's labors turned to the rainy, idle days of winter, the Serenelli's dispositions soured.
Giovanni had taken a liking to the strong, local wines and became irritable and overbearing. Alexander began to act vile, hostile and sullen, the result of years of maternal neglect and a youthful, depraved apprenticeship among the stevedores. He now shunned the children and spent his time locked in his room brooding over seamy magazines. Assunta discovered his hoard of pornographic books as she cleaned his room one day. She worried about Alexander's influence on her oldest son, Angelo, but unwilling to start a quarrel, she swallowed her first impulse to burn every piece of trash she found. Their home did not need more trouble. Luigi regretted their move from the mountains and especially repented of taking these two strangers into his home. The malaria was doing its subtle job through the winter. As spring beckoned with endless work, Luigi attempted to meet its rigors uncomplainingly. He came in from the fields pallid and exhausted. Each night the children knelt about the bed in prayer; Luigi looked at his beautiful little Maria, with her limpid eyes and rosy cheeks. Why had he not noticed her maturity and grace? Silently she prayed and wept for her family. As April 1902 ended, so did Luigi's earthly life. As he lay surrounded by family and neighbors, he whispered haltingly to Assunta: "Go back to Corinaldo..."
Giovanni Serenelli became master of the farm. He was harsh and ruthless. He allowed Assunta and the children to stay and work for him. She desperately longed to go back to home and family, back to the fresh mountain life. She could not fulfill Luigi's dying wish now. A woman traveling over two hundred miles alone with seven young children and no money was unthinkable. Giovanni insisted Maria, now twelve, assume all the household duties while Assunta worked in the fields. Her father's illness and death, the Serenelli's sinister cruelty, the never-ending labors of the farm had made Maria far too serious for her age. Her devotion to Jesus and her obedience to her mother was extraordinary. Even the other village children noticed her piety as she walked to town to sell eggs. It was with admiration and a touch of envy that they referred to Maria as "The Little Old Lady."
It was now July 1902. Only a few months before, Maria, though illiterate, had completed her Catechism instructions in order to receive her First Holy Communion. How she had longed to take Jesus into her heart often! Once a week on Sunday just did not seem like enough. Maria managed the rigors of life because she had her Jesus for strength. This serious little girl had matured spiritually beyond her years, too. Assunta noticed her young daughter's character changing. There was no childish playfulness left in Maria. The cares of the world clouded her eyes with sadness. Her night prayers become longer. She examined her conscience repeatedly for occasions of sin, her small body trembled with fear and bitter sobs. Alexander Serenelli had been stalking her for months now, prowling about with evil in his heart, threatening to kill her if she told a soul. She did not take Assunta into her confidence for fear of burdening her mother with more cares and creating more trouble with the Serenelli's.
The intense summer sun burned down on the farm yard. Assunta watched her children playfully helping with the threshing. She gazed upon them with intense love. They were her last joy left in this life. Maria was up on the porch outside of the kitchen, fingers flying with needle and thread, baby Theresa asleep at her feet. Maria was lost in thought, too. She was rejoicing in eager anticipation of going to Mass. Tomorrow was Sunday and the Feast of the Precious Blood of Jesus. How she longed to share herself with Him in Confession and Communion. Then suddenly, Maria was startled by the sound of footsteps behind her. It was Alexander. He demanded she come into the kitchen. She froze in terror. Maria's silence further inflamed his foul passions. He grabbed her arm, dragged her into the kitchen, pressed a dagger to her throat and bolted the door. She fought him fiercely and screamed, "No! No Alexander! It is a sin. God forbids it. You will go to hell, Alexander. You will go to hell if you do it!" All went unseen and unheard. Maria awoke with the sun streaming through the kitchen window. She heard the children playing and the monotonous sound of the threshing. The baby Theresa was crying at the edge of the porch. Maria attempted to lift herself to the open kitchen door. Her call for help was more a submission to the searing pain. A napping Giovanni heard the infant crying, and in an instant of exasperation for what he thought was Maria's neglect, headed up the stairs. His shout brought Assunta and the neighbors running, hearts pounding. They found Maria, tortured with pain, badly bruised and lying in a pool of blood. Assunta, recovering from shock questioned her sweet Maria, who answered, "It was Alexander, Mama... Because he wanted me to commit an awful sin and I would not."
Maria was laid tenderly on a bed while a neighbor summoned the ambulance. Assunta tried to soothe her daughter's agony as the ambulance wagon bumped along on that torturous trip to the hospital in Nettuno. The doctors attempted to repair the extensive damage, but could give Assunta no encouragement. Maria unconsciously cried as she resisted Alexander's demands over and over. When she opened her eyes, they were transfixed upon the Statue of Our Lady placed at the foot of her bed. Awake she seemed to remember nothing of the previous day's horrors and wished only to know of the well being of her family. The parish priest came in to offer her Viaticum, but first she took time to reflect on the good Father's reminder that Jesus had pardoned those who had crucified Him. As she gazed at the crucifix on the far wall, she said without anger or resentment, "I, too, pardon him. I, too, wish that he could come some day and join me in heaven." Assunta's tears flowed hot and heavy as she gave her sweet Maria her last mortal mother's kiss. As the bells throughout the city were proclaiming the vespers hour, Jesus came to gather sweet Maria into His eternal protection, her reward for strength and virtue beyond her tender years.
Back to the Present "...Why does this story move you even to tears? Why has Maria Goretti so quickly conquered your hearts, and taken first place in your affections?
Assunta listened as the Holy Father's words continued, "The reason is because there is still in this world, apparently sunk and immersed in the worship of pleasure, not only a meager little band of chosen souls who thirst for heaven and its pure air—but a crowd, nay, an immense multitude on whom the supernatural fragrance of Christian purity exercise an irresistible and reassuring fascination." Assunta must have found great joy in knowing that her sweet, little Maria could be a guiding force of goodness in the souls of youth. But on that July day, so many years ago... Assunta Goretti, now eighty-two years old listened with two of her children at her side as the Holy Father concluded.
"During the past fifty years, coupled with what was often a weak reaction on the part of decent people, there has been a conspiracy of evil practices, propagating themselves in books and illustrations, in theaters and radio programs, in styles and clubs and on the beaches, trying to work their way into the hearts of the family and society, and doing their worst damage among the youth, even among those of the tenderest years in whom the possession of virtue is a natural inheritance. "Dearly beloved youth, young men and women, who are the special object of the love of Jesus and of us, tell me, are you resolved to resist firmly, with the help of divine grace, against every attempt made to violate your chastity?
"You fathers and mothers, tell me—in the presence of this vast multitude, and before the image of this young virgin who by her inviolate candor has stolen you hearts...in the presence of her mother who educated her to martyrdom and who, as much as she felt the bitterness of the outrage, is now moved with emotion as she invokes her tell me, are you ready to assume the solemn duty laid upon you to watch, as far as in you lies, over your sons and daughters, to preserve and defend them against so many dangers that surround them, and to keep them always far away from places where they might learn the practices of impiety and of moral perversion? "Finally, all of you who are intently listening to our words, know that above the unhealthy marshes and filth of the world, stretches an immense heaven of beauty. It is the heaven which fascinated little Maria; the heaven to which she longed to ascend by the only road that leads there, which is, religion, the love of Christ, and the heroic observance of his Commandments.
"We greet you, O beautiful and lovable saint! Martyr on earth and angel in heaven, look down from your glory on this people, which loves you, which venerates, glorifies and exalts you. On your forehead you bear the full brilliant and victorious name of Christ. In your virginal countenance may be read the strength of your love and the constancy of your fidelity to your Divine Spouse. As his bride espoused in blood, you have traced in yourself His own image. To you, therefore, powerful intercessor with the Lamb of God, we entrust these our sons and daughters who are present here, and those countless others who are united with us in spirit. For while they admire our heroism, they are even more desirous of imitating your strength of faith and your inviolate purity of conduct. Fathers and mothers have recourse to you, asking you to help them in their task of education. In you, through our hand, the children and the young people will find a safe refuge, trusting that they shall be protected from every contamination, and be able to walk the highways of life with that serenity of spirit and deep joy which is the heritage of those who are pure of heart. Amen." (Homily of Pope Pius XII, June 24, 1950) Epilogue
Assunta Goretti, unable to bear the weight of her daughter's murder alone, soon returned to her family in Corinaldo with her six remaining children.
Alexander Serenelli was quickly apprehended, tried and convicted of murder. He was sentenced to thirty years solitary confinement. His sour and uncooperative character changed approximately eight years after his incarceration. He claimed, under oath, that he had a dream of Maria gathering lilies. As she handed them to him, the lilies took on a heavenly radiance and he felt the peace of forgiveness. He became an exemplary prisoner and was freed from prison three years early. Maria and her mother had forgiven Alexander; however the community could not and he spent the rest of his days, an outcast, a gardener at local monasteries. He died at the age of 87, May 6, 1969 in a Capuchin Monastery.
We advise everyone to home-school your children so that the wickedness of the world will not effect or hurt them.


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AP - — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday it now considers the conflict in Syria to be a full-blown civil war, meaning international humanitarian law applies throughout the country.
Also known as the rules of war, international humanitarian law grants parties to a conflict the right to use appropriate force to achieve their aims, and the Geneva-based group's assessment is an important reference for those parties to determine how much and what type of force they can use. The assessment also can form the basis for war crimes prosecutions, especially if civilians are attacked or detained enemies are abused or killed.
"We are now talking about a non-international armed conflict in the country," ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan said.
Previously, the ICRC had restricted its assessment of the scope of the conflict to the hotspots of Idlib, Homs and Hama, but Hassan said the organization had determined the violence has spread beyond those areas.
"Hostilities have spread to other areas of the country," Hassan told The Associated Press. "International humanitarian law applies to all areas where hostilities are taking place."

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text: Nu 2:2 2:2 {a} Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. (a) In the twelve tribes were four principle standards, so that every three tribes had their standard. Nu 2:5 2:5 And those that do pitch next unto him [shall be] the tribe {b} of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar [shall be] captain of the children of Issachar. (b) Judah, Issachar and Zebulun the sons of Leah were of the first standard. Nu 2:9 2:9 All that were numbered in the {c} camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. (c) Of those who were contained under that name. Nu 2:10 2:10 On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp {d} of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur. (d) Reuben and Simeon, the sons of Leah, and Gad, the son of Zilpah her maid, were of the second standard. Nu 2:17 2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the {e} midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. (e) Because it might be an equal distance from each one, and all indifferently have recourse to it. Nu 2:18 2:18 {f} On the west side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim [shall be] Elishama the son of Ammihud. (f) Because Ephraim and Manasseh took the place of Joseph their father, they are taken as Rachel's children, so they and Benjamin make the third standard. Nu 2:25 2:25 The standard of the camp of {g} Dan [shall be] on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan [shall be] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (g) Dan and Naphtali the sons of Bilhah Rachel's maid with Asher the son of Zilpah make the fourth standard. Nu 2:32 2:32 These [are] {h} those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts [were] six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. (h) Which were of twenty years and above. Nu 2:34 2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their {i} standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. (i) For under every one of the four principal standards, were various signs to keep every band.


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This morning at 6:28 am Portland Firefighters were called to a house fire at 3044 NE 32nd Place. When the crew of Station 14 (Alberta Park) arrived, they found fire in the basement of the house. Engine 14 began fighting the fire while firefighters from neighboring Truck 13 searched for victims and "ventilated the structure" to release smoke and flammable gases from the building.
The search revealed that there were no victims in the house. The occupants, a husband and wife, were found outside uninjured. The fire was quickly extinguished and firefighters began searching for hidden fire.
A fire investigator was called to the scene and determined that the fire was caused by an issue with the homes heating system. The investigator has placed a preliminary estimate on damages at $60,000. The house is uninhabitable. However the occupants have stated that they will be able to stay with friends or family.
Contact Info: Lt. Damon Simmons, Media Pager (503)940-6003


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Cystic Fibrosis
What You Need to Know
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease characterized by an abnormality in the glands that produce sweat and mucus.
Cystic fibrosis affects various organ systems in children and young adults, including the respiratory system, digestive system and reproductive system.
Due to improved treatments, people with cystic fibrosis, on average, live into their mid to late 30s.
What is cystic fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited life-threatening disease that affects many organs. It causes changes in the electrolyte transport system causing cells to absorb too much sodium and water. CF is characterized by problems with the glands that make sweat and mucus. Symptoms start in childhood. On average, people with CF live into their mid to late 30.
CF affects various organ systems in children and young adults, including the following:
Respiratory system
Digestive system
Reproductive system
Some people can carry the CF gene without being affected by the disease. They usually do not know that they are carriers.
How does CF affect the respiratory system?
The abnormal electrolyte transport system in CF causes the cells in the respiratory system, especially the lungs, to absorb too much sodium and water. This causes the normal thin secretions in the lungs to become very thick and hard to move. These thick secretions increase the risk for frequent respiratory infections.
Recurrent respiratory infections lead to progressive damage in the lungs, and eventually death of the cells in the lungs.
Because of the high rate of infection in the lower respiratory tract, people with CF may develop a chronic cough, blood in the sputum, and often even have a collapsed lung. The cough is usually worse in the morning or after activity.
People with CF also have upper respiratory tract symptoms. Some have nasal polyps that need surgical removal. Nasal polyps are small protrusions of tissue from the lining of the nose that can block and irritate the nasal cavity. People with CF also have higher rates of sinus infections.
How does CF affect the gastrointestinal (GI) system?
CF mainly affects the pancreas. The pancreas secretes substances that aid digestion and help control blood sugar levels.
The secretions from the pancreas also become thick and can clog the ducts of the pancreas. This may cause a decrease in the secretion of enzymes from the pancreas that normally help digest food. A person with CF has trouble absorbing proteins, fats, and vitamins A, D, E, and K.
The problems with the pancreas can become so severe that some of the cells in the pancreas die. Over time, this may lead to glucose intolerance and Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes (CFRD), a unique type of insulin-dependent diabetes.
The symptoms of CF that may be due to involvement with the GI tract include:
Bulky, greasy stools
Rectal prolapse (a condition in which the lower end of the bowel comes out of the anus)
Delayed puberty
Fat in the stools
Stomach pain
Bloody diarrhea
The liver may also be affected. A small number of people may develop liver disease. Symptoms of liver disease include:
Enlarged liver
Swollen belly
Yellow color to the skin (jaundice)
Vomiting of blood
How does CF affect the reproductive system?
Most males with CF have blockage of the sperm canal. This is called congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD). This results from the thick secretions clogging the vas deferens and keeping them from developing properly. It causes infertility because sperm can't travel out of the body. There are some newer techniques that allow men with cystic fibrosis to have children. These should be discussed with your healthcare provider. Women also have an increase in thick cervical mucus that may lead to a decrease in fertility, although many women with CF are able to have children.
What causes cystic fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease. This means that CF is inherited.
Mutations in a gene called the CFTR (cystic fibrosis conductance transmembrane regulator) gene cause CF. The CFTR mutations causes changes in the body's cell's electrolyte transport system. Electrolytes are substances in blood that are critical to cell function. The main result of these transport system changes are seen in the body secretions, such as mucus and sweat.
The CFTR gene is quite large and complex. There are many different mutations in this gene that have been linked to CF.
A person will be born with CF only if 2 CF genes are inherited–one from the mother and one from the father.
Who is at risk for cystic fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is inherited, and a person with CF had both parents pass the altered gene to them. The birth of a child with CF is often a total surprise to a family, since most of the time there is no family history of CF.
What are the symptoms of cystic fibrosis?
All U.S. states require that newborns be tested for cystic fibrosis (CF). This means that parents can know if their baby has the disease and can take precautions and watch for early signs of problems.
The following are the most common symptoms of CF. However, people may experience symptoms differently, and the severity of symptoms can vary, too. Symptoms may include:
Thick mucus that clogs certain organs, such as the lungs, pancreas, and intestines. This may cause malnutrition, poor growth, frequent respiratory infections, breathing problems, and chronic lung disease.
Many other medical problems can point to cystic fibrosis, as well. These include:
Nasal polyps
Clubbing of fingers and toes. This means thickened fingertips and toes because of less oxygen in the blood.
Collapse of the lung often due to intense coughing
Coughing up blood
Enlargement of the right side of the heart due to increased pressure in the lungs (Cor pulmonale)
Abdominal pain
Excess gas in the intestines
Rectal prolapse. In this condition, the lower end of the bowel comes out of the anus.
Liver disease
Pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas that causes severe pain in the belly
Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD) in males. This causes blockages of the sperm canal.
The symptoms of CF differ for each person. Infants born with CF usually show symptoms by age 2. Some children, though, may not show symptoms until later in life. The following signs are suspicious of CF, and infants having these signs may be further tested for CF:
Diarrhea that does not go away
Foul-smelling stools
Greasy stools
Frequent wheezing
Frequent pneumonia or other lung infections
Persistent cough
Skin that tastes like salt
Poor growth despite having a good appetite
The symptoms of CF may resemble other conditions or medical problems. See a healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
How is cystic fibrosis diagnosed?
Most cases of cystic fibrosis (CF) are found during newborn screening. In addition to a complete medical history and physical exam, tests for CF include a sweat test to measure the amount of sodium chloride (salt) present. Higher than normal amounts of sodium and chloride suggest CF. Other tests depend on which body system is affected and may include:
Chest X-rays, ultrasound, and CT scans
Blood tests
Lung function tests
Sputum cultures
Stool tests
For babies, who do not produce enough sweat, blood tests may be used.
How is cystic fibrosis treated?
There is no cure for CF. Goals of treatment are to ease symptoms, prevent and treat complications, and slow the progress of the disease.
Treatment generally focuses on the following 2 areas:
Management of lung problems
This may involve:
Physical therapy
Regular exercises to loosen mucus, stimulate coughing, and improve overall physical condition
Medicines to thin mucus and help breathing
Antibiotics to treat infections
Anti-inflammatory medicines
Management of digestive problems
This may involve:
A healthy diet that's high in calories
Pancreatic enzymes to aid digestion
Vitamin supplements
Treatments for intestinal blockages
Two new therapies have recently been approved specifically for the treatment of lung disease in CF. Speak with your healthcare provider to determine if these medicines are right for you.
Lung transplant may be a choice for people with end-stage lung disease. The type of transplant done is usually a heart-lung transplant, or a double lung transplant. Not everyone is a candidate for a lung transplant. Discuss this with your healthcare provider.
What are the complications of cystic fibrosis?
CF has some serious complications, including:
Lung infections and other serious lung problems that don't go away or that come back
Inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) that doesn't go away or that comes back
Vitamin deficiencies
Failure to thrive. This means that the child does not grow and develop like he or she should.
Infertility in males
Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) . With this disease, stomach contents rise up into the esophagus and can cause serious damage.
Organ transplant may be needed for people with end-stage disease.
Can cystic fibrosis be prevented?
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by an inherited gene mutation (change). Testing for the CF gene is recommended for anyone who has a family member with the disease, or whose partner is a known carrier of CF or affected with CF.
Testing for the CF gene can be done from a small blood sample or from a cheek swab. This is a brush rubbed against the inside of your cheek to get cells for testing. Labs generally test for the most common CF gene mutations.
There are many people with CF whose mutations have not been identified. In other words, all of the genetic errors that cause CF have not been discovered. Because not all mutations are known, a person can still be a CF carrier even if no mutations were found by testing.
There are limitations of CF testing. If both parents have mutations in the CF gene, there is a 1 in 4 chance that a child with have CF. This risk is the same with each pregnancy. Options to discuss with your doctor include:
- Getting a prenatal diagnosis (the fetus can be checked for CF at 10 to 12 weeks and 15 to 20 weeks gestation).
- Preparing for the birth of a child with CF
- Planning for early treatment for a child with CF
Living with cystic fibrosis
In addition to routine immunizations, regular flu vaccines, the pneumonia vaccine, and other appropriate vaccines are important to help reduce the chance of infection.
Long-term suppressive inhaled antibiotics may be recommended to prevent lung infections.
Medicines may be needed to help with digestion.
Vitamin and mineral supplements may be recommended.
Key points about cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited life-threatening disease that affects many organs. It causes changes in the electrolyte transport system which causes cells to absorb too much sodium and water.
CF is characterized by problems in the glands that produce sweat and mucus.
A person will be born with CF only if 2 CF genes are inherited—one from the mother and one from the father.
All U.S. states require that newborns be tested for cystic fibrosis (CF). This is how most cases are diagnosed.
CF causes thick mucus that clogs certain organs, such as the lungs, pancreas, and intestines. This may cause malnutrition, poor growth, frequent respiratory infections, breathing problems, and chronic lung disease.
There is no cure for CF. Goals of treatment are to ease symptoms, prevent and treat complications, and slow the progress of the disease.
CF can cause many different problems and long-term complications.
There is no way to prevent CF.
People with CF will work closely with a medical team to manage symptoms and stay as healthy as possible.


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We are responsible to be certain that each year every parcel of real and personal property in the City of Rahway is listed on the tax rolls and assessed at its fair market value.
The majority of property values are based on market value. Market value is generally accepted as being the price which the property would bring following a reasonable exposure to the market, where both the buyer and the seller are willing to buy and sell, are not acting under compulsion, and are reasonably informed as to the uses and purposes for which the property is adapted and is capable of being used. That is a hypothetical willing buyer, who did not have to buy, would pay for your property to a hypothetical willing seller who did not have to sell. We know that you did not buy your home as a speculation, but to live in. But, the actions of people who buy and sell property like yours set the value of your property.
To make a proper assessment on a building, it is desirable for the Assessor to see the inside and the outside of the property. The law requires that property be valued from actual view or the best information available. The Assessor keeps records on the physical characteristics of each property in the city. Even though the Assessor may have been unable to examine your property, the assessment will still be reviewed, based on the existing records and the sales of similar properties.
When an interior inspection is not allowed, the Assessor will attempt to update the records by looking at the property from the outside and using any other available information. To ensure an accurate assessment, it is to your advantage to allow the Assessor inside your property when an inspection is requested. By denying an inspection, you may lose the right to appeal your assessment.
Generally speaking, improvements that increase the market value of a property will increase the assessed value. The following are typical items that will increase the assessed value of your property:
General economic conditions such as interest rates, inflation rates, supply and demand, and changes in tax laws will influence the value of the real estate. As property values change in the marketplace, those changes must be reflected on the assessed value of Rahway's properties.
There are differences between individual properties and between neighborhoods. In one area the sales may indicate a substantial increase in value in a given year. In another neighborhood, there may be no change in value, or even a decrease in property values. Different types of properties within the same neighborhood may also show different value changes. There are numerous factors to be considered in each property which will cause the value of homes to differ. Some of these factors are: location, condition, size, quality, and number of baths, basement finish, garages, and many others.
The amount of your tax bill depends on two factors. The first is the assessed value (based on classification) of your property, which is the Tax Assessor's job. The second is the tax rate, expressed as dollars per hundred, for each taxing entity in which property is located. This rate is set by the established budgets of taxing entities (i.e. county, municipalities, and school boards) in which the property is located. The Union County Board of Taxation then strikes the tax rate from the total amount of taxes needed to be collected.
Please contact the Tax Assessor at (732) 827-2030 to schedule an appointment.
Land and building assessments cannot be appealed separately.
A tax appeal is not an appeal of your tax bill. The amount of taxes you pay is never an issue during an appeal because neither the Tax Assessor nor the Union County Board of Taxation has control over budgets submitted by municipalities, schools, counties or fire districts.
No. The municipality cannot accept tax appeals. Your appeal form should be filed with the Union County Board of Taxation.
The filing deadline is April 1 of the tax year in question. This means that the appeal form must be received on or before April 1. The date of mailing is not used in determining whether an appeal is timely.
Assessments cannot be avoided by delaying issuance of a certificate of occupancy. If the building is "substantially complete" it is subject to assessment.
Payment of first-quarter taxes and other municipal charges (e.g., water, sewer, etc.) is a prerequisite to the appeal process. Your appeal will not be accepted unless taxes and other municipal charges are paid.
We will attempt to resolve discrepancies by stipulation if ethically possible. A settlement stipulation completed sufficiently in advance of a scheduled hearing will serve to avoid an unnecessary appearance before the Union County Board of Taxation. However, if the assessment is defensible in our opinion, we will provide you with the evidence that supports our position.
The senior citizen and veteran (including widow/er of a veteran) property tax reimbursements are $250 for each. Applications are available at the Tax Assessor's Office. For more information – including eligibility requirements – please visit the New Jersey Division of Taxation. The deadline for applying for a senior citizen and disabled property tax reimbursement is December. 31. The deadline for applying for a veteran property tax reimbursement is December. 31. Forms for each are available at the Tax Assessor's Office.


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Source: Social Media Examiner |
Of course, social media can do lots of good aside from increasing sales. It can furnish research, decrease customer service costs, improve customer retention, decrease return rates, improve awareness, protect and build reputation, furnish stronger collaboration with customers and vendors, combat incorrect information and multiply word of mouth, all of which are beneficial business outcomes that are not directly measured in sales. Social can also enhance sales with strategies that do not explicitly fall under the category of "sales"--for example, social campaigns can increase site traffic, ratings and reviews can improve ecommerce conversions and communities can increase share of wallet.
But what about "social selling"--the execution of selling techniques in social channels? Is there a place for these tactics in social media? The answer is a very cautionary and qualified "yes." Creating successful social selling opportunities requires that brands overcome consumers' natural aversion to being sold to. No one likes door-to-door salespeople and when given the opportunity to prevent telemarketers from calling, US consumers added 209 million phone numbers to the Federal do-not-call list (in a country with just 84 million residential landlines). Consumer attitudes in social channels are no different; according to a 2011 Exact Target study:
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- 71% of consumers report being more selective about "liking" a company on Facebook than they were last year.
- 81% of consumers have either "unliked" or removed a company's posts from their Facebook News Feed, with 43% saying their wall was becoming too crowded with marketing posts and 24% saying posts were too promotional.
- And, perhaps most interestingly, while 51% of consumers said they expected that "likes" would result in marketing communications from brands, a whopping 40% did not believe it should result in marketing communications. Think about that--four in ten people who "like" your brand still don't want you to try to sell them something on Facebook.
Of course, there are circumstances in which consumers will welcome selling, and this depends on two factors--context and relationship. If a consumer enters your company's space by walking into your store, visiting your retail web site or posting a product question via a social network, they have expressed an interest in receiving information and stated an intent to consider a purchase; in this context, selling is welcome. Many social media strategies are designed to improve inbound marketing so that consumers themselves create the context for sales opportunities.
The other factor that increases a consumer's desire to be sold to is relationship--does the consumer recognize, know and trust the brand or sales representative? Consumers welcome brands and people who are partners, help improve their lives and bring value, but they are no more likely to accept sales queries (in social media or elsewhere) from entities they do not know than they are to welcome a telemarketing call. Last year, an About.com study found that 84% of respondents reported they will not engage with a brand until trust has been established.
Whether or not social media is a fertile venue for selling has less to do with the medium and more to do with what your brand and associates do to create trusting relationships and recognize when the context is appropriate. "Social" is not a magic word that converts distasteful and disagreeable sales tactics into something desirable and effective.
In 2013, the risk with social selling is that companies could become overly assertive deploying a new breed of social CRM tools that use social listening systems to identify consumers experiencing key life and money movement events. If companies use these tools to target smart and personalized messages to people with whom they have a relationship, these tools can improve social selling; however, if companies misuse these tools, the outcome could be an onslaught of spammy auto-posts that do more to offend than to motivate transactions. If a hundred companies using the same social CRM tools all reach out to a consumer following his or her post to friends about a pregnancy, birth, graduation, job change, retirement or relocation, the result is not likely to be improved sales but unfriended and blocked brands, spam reports and damaged reputations.
This is why relationships, as always, matter. Social doesn't revolutionize sales--if anything, it reinforces the importance of traditional value-based relationship building. Brands that wish to succeed with social selling must realize that sales is a lagging indicator; the vital leading indicators are the ones that gauge the strength of relationships.
If sales are a lagging indicator, what are the leading indicators that suggest a brand or sales associate is improving both relationships and social selling opportunities?
- Brand-building engagement--not just "fans" and followers but interactions, shares of content, community participation, etc.
- Increased numbers of advocates and influencers engaged
- Increased share of voice and improved sentiment
- Positive reviews and ratings on sites like Yelp and recommendations on LinkedIn
- Inquiries received and appointments arranged via social media
- Views, inbound requests and downloads for white papers, SlideShare decks and YouTube videos
- Inbound site traffic from social networks
- Surveys that validate higher Net Promoter Score, trust and affinity for the brand
Social media is not, first and foremost, a direct marketing or sales channel; it is a relationship channel. And like in every other channel, relationships are not built on constant selling but on shared values, reciprocation, partnership and caring.
Social selling can be successful for companies and people who invest the time and energy to build relationships, but those that bring traditional sales tactics such as cold calling and ABC (Always Be Closing) will find social hostile territory.
Enjoy Alex Baldwin's "Always Be Closing" speech from Glengarry Glen Ross. (Be advised, some of the language is NSFW. What did you expect, it's David Mamet, after all?)


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Rethinking Pay Inequality—And other Surprising (and Often Controversial) Implications of Better Understanding the Archetypally Feminine
Early in my writing, I took an important distinction for granted—that between gender and archetypall-masculine or archetypally-feminine qualities. I assumed that the difference between these two kinds of concepts would be obvious. I now recognize that for many people this … Read More


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In the old town of Känuga, on Pigeon river, there was a lazy fellow named Tsuwe'nähï, who lived from house to house among his relatives and never brought home any game, although he used to spend nearly all his time in the woods.
At last his friends got very tired of keeping him, so he told them to get some parched corn ready for him and he would go and bring back a deer or else would never trouble them again. They filled his pouch with parched corn, enough for along trip, and he started off for the mountains. Day after day passed until they thought they had really seen the last of him, but before the month was half gone he was back again at Känuga, with no deer, but with a wonderful story to tell.
He said that he had hardly turned away from the trail to go up the ridge when he met a stranger, who asked him where he was going. Tsuwe'nähï answered that his friends in the settlement had driven him out because he was no good hunter, and that if he did not find a deer this time he would never go back again. "Why not come with me?" said the stranger, "my town is not far from here, and you have relatives there."
Tsuwe'nähï was very glad of the chance, because he was ashamed to go back to his own town; so he went with the stranger, who took him to Tsuwa`tel'da (Pilot knob). They came to a cave, and the other said, "Let us go in here;" but the cave ran clear to the heart of the mountain, and when they were inside the hunter found there an open country like a wide bottom land, with a great settlement and hundreds of people. They were all glad to see him. and brought him to their chief, who took him into his own house and showed him a seat near the fire. Tsuwe'nähï sat down, but he felt it move under him, and when he looked again he saw that it was a turtle, with its head sticking out from the shell.
He jumped up, but the chief said, "It won't hurt you; it only wants to see who you are." So he sat down very carefully, and the turtle drew in its head again. They brought food of the same kind that he had been accustomed to at home, and when he had eaten the chief took him through the settlement until he had seen all the houses and talked with most of the people.
When he had seen everything and had rested some days, he was anxious to get back to his home, so the chief himself brought him to the mouth of the cave and showed him the trail that led down to the river.
Then he said, "You are going back to the settlement, but you will never be satisfied there any more. Whenever you want to come to us, you know the way." The chief left him, Tsuwe'nähï went down the mountain and along the river until he came to Känuga.
He told his story, but no one believed it and the people only laughed at him. After that he would go away very often and be gone for several days at a time, and when he came back to the settlement he would say he had been with the mountain people. At last one man said he believed the story and would go with him to see.
They went off together to the woods, where they made a camp, and then Tsuwe'nähï went on ahead, saying he would be back soon, The other waited for him, doing a little hunting near the camp, and two nights afterwards Tsuwe'nähï was back again. He seemed to be alone, but was talking as he came, and the other hunter heard girls' voices, although he could see no one.
When he came up to the fire he said, "I have two friends with me, and they say there is to be a dance in their town in two nights, and if you want to go they will come for you." The hunter agreed at once, and Tsuwe'nähï called out, as if to some one close by, "He says he will go." Then he said, "Our sisters have come for some venison." The hunter had killed a deer and had the meat drying over the fire, so he said, "What kind do they want?"
The voices answered, "Our mother told us to ask for some of the ribs," but still he could see nothing. He took down some rib pieces and -gave them to Tsuwe'nähï, who took them and said, "In two days we shall come again for you." Then he started off, and the other heard the voices going through the woods until all was still again.
In two days Tsuwe'nähï came, and this time he had two girls with him. As they stood near the fire the hunter noticed that their feet were short and round, almost like dogs' paws, but as soon as they saw him looking they sat down so that he could not see their feet. After supper the whole party left the camp and went up along the creek to Tsuwa`tel'da.
They went in through the cave door until they got to the farther end and could see houses beyond, when all at once the hunter's legs felt as if they were dead and he staggered and fell to the ground. The others lifted him up, but still he could not stand, until the medicine-man brought some "old tobacco" and rubbed it on his legs and made him smell it until he sneezed. Then he was able to stand again and went in with the others. He could not stand at first, because he had not prepared himself by fasting before he started.
The dance had not yet begun and Tsuwe'nähï took the hunter into the townhouse and showed him a seat near the fire, but it had long thorns of honey locust sticking out from it and he was afraid to sit down. Tsuwe'nähï told him not to be afraid, so he sat down and found that the thorns were as soft as down feathers.
Now the drummer came. in and the dancers, and the dance began. One man followed at the end of the line, crying Kû! Kû! all the time, but not dancing. The hunter wondered, and they told him, "This man was lost in the mountains and had been calling all through the woods for his friends until his voice failed and he was only able to pant Kû! Kû! and then we found him and took him in."
When it was over Tsuwe'nähï and the hunter went back to the settlement. At the next dance in Känuga they told all they had seen at Tsuwa`tel'da, what a large town was there and how kind everybody was, and this time--because there were two of them--the people believed it. Now others wanted to go, but Tsuwe'nähï told them they must first fast seven days, while he went ahead to prepare everything, and then he would come and bring them.
He went away and the others fasted, until at the end of seven days he came for them and they went with him to Tsuwa`tel'da, and their friends in the settlement never saw them again.
James Mooney, 1900


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Drive Time
Many of our activities are based upon giving up a little time to help the local community – rather than just working to raise charity funds.
Our annual 'summer evening minibus outings' are typical of this activity. Throughout the summer months, pairs of Pigs will team up to drive groups of local elderly residents off into the sunset – heading for the coast, parklands, local towns or places of interest….but always ending up in a country pub!
The result is a great evening out for Pigs and residents alike: our Evening Drive Time is a fun and rewarding activity to get involved with.
For 2018, the Pigs Evening Drives will take place on Tuesdays, scheduled throughout June and July. Pick-ups from residents' homes will typically start from 6pm, and return to Alresford will be around 10pm. Organisers from four centres will arrange the passenger lists, for drives on the following evenings:
Makins Court: 5 June and 3 July
Ellingham Close: 12 June and 10 July
Bramble Hill Group: 19 June and 17 July
Giles Group: 26 June and 24 July
Please contact your local co-ordinator to book a place on these free trips.


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Saudi Arabia on Saturday recalled its ambassador to Egypt after angry protests outside his embassy over an arrested Egyptian lawyer, sparking a diplomatic spat which Cairo moved swiftly to contain.
State news agency SPA said the embassy in Cairo as well as the kingdom's consulates in the Mediterranean cities of Alexandria and Suez were closed.
An official spokesman, quoted by SPA, said the measures were decided in response to demonstrations outside its missions in Egypt and threats following the announcement of the arrest of an Egyptian lawyer in Saudi Arabia.
Egypt's military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi contacted Saudi officials to try to mend the rift after the "surprise decision," Egypt's official news agency MENA reported.
SPA said King Abdullah received a call from Tantawi and pledged to examine the issue in the coming days while "trying to take into account the interests of the two countries."
The protests in the Egyptian capital were "unjustified," the official spokesman in Riyadh said, adding that Saudi and Egyptian employees of its diplomatic missions had been threatened.
"Hostile slogans were shouted out and the immunity of the diplomatic representations was violated, contrary to all international regulations," the spokesman said.
He said the violence had led to the suspension of diplomatic and consular services for Egyptian workers and Muslim pilgrims headed for Islam's holiest sites, located in western Saudi Arabia.
Egypt's Al-Ahram quoted an online cabinet statement voicing "its regret over the incidents by some individuals against the embassy of brotherly Saudi Arabia in Cairo, and which only express the opinion of those who carried them out."
It said such "irresponsible actions... harm the deep relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia."
The daily also reported a statement by the Freedom and Justice Party, political arm of Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood, calling on Saudi Arabia to reconsider.
However, the FJP statement said the protests expressed "Egyptians' will to preserve the dignity of their citizens."
On Tuesday, hundreds of Egyptians protested outside the embassy demanding the release of an Egyptian human rights activist and lawyer held by Saudi authorities who claim he possessed banned drugs.
The protesters chanted slogans against the Saudi regime as they called for the "immediate" release of Ahmed Mohammed al-Gizawi, who was arrested on arrival at Jeddah airport on April 17.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, an Egyptian organisation, said Gizawi was detained following a sentence of one year in prison and 20 lashes delivered against him in absentia for criticism of the Saudi government.
Gizawi, whose supporters said he travelled to the Gulf state on pilgrimage, was being targeted for his activism in favour of Egyptian detainees in Saudi prisons, it said.
Defending compatriots, he had accused King Abdullah and Saudi authorities of arbitrary arrests and torture of Egyptians in the oil-rich country, according to rights groups in Egypt.
They said the lawyer, who had not been informed of his conviction, was travelling with his wife when he was arrested.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr has said he instructed the country's embassy in Riyadh "to make urgent contacts with Saudi authorities" to press for the lawyer's release.
But the Saudi ambassador to Cairo, Ahmed Adel Aziz Qattan, in a statement said no jail or whipping sentence had been passed against Gizawi, who had however been stopped in possession of thousands of pills considered a banned drug.
The pills were found concealed in cartons of children's milk and in the covers of two copies of the Koran holy book, according to the ambassador.


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Quinnipiac crushes St. Cloud State
Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold isn't certain he has the most talented team in college hockey. He does believe, however, he's got the best.
At the moment, the Bobcats certainly look like it.
Quinnipiac jumped all over St. Cloud State in the NCAA semifinals on Thursday, rolling to a 4-1 victory to set up an all-Connecticut showdown with rival Yale for the championship on Saturday.
Jordan Samuels-Thomas had a goal and an assist for the top-seeded Bobcats while Ben Arnt, Kellen Jones and Jeremy Langlois also scored for Quinnipiac (30-7-5), who scored three times in the first 12 minutes to take control.
''I felt like I had some good jump in the beginning and a lot of guys won battles,'' Samuels-Thomas said.
None more than goaltender Eric Hartzell.
The Hobey Baker Award finalist stopped 32 shots for Quinnipiac, easily outshining fellow finalist Drew LeBlanc of St. Cloud State. LeBlanc was held scoreless as the Huskies (25-16-1) struggled to keep up with the more experienced Bobcats. Joey Benik scored his tournament-leading fifth goal for St. Cloud State but it wasn't nearly enough.
Ryan Faragher made 24 saves for the Huskies but was overwhelmed in the first period as Quinnipiac staked the best goaltender in the country to a massive lead.
''I think we'd do anything to replay the first 10 minutes of the hockey game,'' St. Cloud State coach Bob Motzko. ''We dug ourselves a hole. They score three of their first four shots. We hunkered back down but just couldn't overcome it.''
The start of the game was pushed by nearly an hour after Yale needed overtime to edge UMass Lowell 3-2. Pecknold had prepared his players for the delay and reminded them to stay sharp.
It worked.
''We talked as soon as the game went into OT. We talked how we need to jump on St. Cloud,'' Pecknold said. ''We don't know how they're going to handle it, but I thought it was an advantage for us.''
The buzz from Yale's victory barely died down when the Bobcats pounced on the Huskies. Samuels-Thomas gave Quinnipiac the lead 1:49 into the game, working behind the net, then beating Faragher on a wraparound.
The Bobcats needed just over three minutes to double the lead. Samuels-Thomas again did most of the work, controlling the puck in the corner then darting behind the St. Cloud State goal. This time, when he tried to stuff it by Faragher, the puck skittered loose. No biggie, the puck rolled right to Arnt's stick and the senior had little trouble flipping it over Faragher's right shoulder for his eighth goal of the season.
''You're coming out to play the biggest game of your life, don't expect to come out flat-footed,'' LeBlanc said. ''They must've handled it better than us, they came out flying, we came out flat and it really decided the game.''
Langlois pushed the lead to 3-0 barely halfway through the period, giving Hartzell all the cushion he would need.
''I thought (Hartzell) was the best player on the ice,'' Pecknold said.
St. Cloud managed to regain its footing after falling into such an early hole and pulled to within 3-1 6:25 into the second period. Hartzell made an uncharacteristic mistake, committing early to a shot from Kevin Gravel and found himself woefully out of position as the puck found its way to Benik's stick at the doorstep. Benik had so much time to score he was able to collect himself before depositing it into the net for his eighth goal of the season.
Quinnipiac's lapse was only momentary. The Bobcats came in 25-0-1 when scoring at least three goals, and though St. Cloud State recovered a bit after the early collapse, it wasn't nearly enough to derail Quinnipiac's run.
The Bobcats restored the three-goal lead on a stellar effort by Jones, who took a pass off the boards and raced into the zone. He turned left and headed for the net, fighting off St. Cloud State's Andrew Prochno and flipping the puck by Faragher's stick.
The loss marked an end to a remarkable season for the Huskies, who started the year as an afterthought before capturing the Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season title for the first time since joining the league in 1990.
Victories over Notre Dame and Miami propelled St. Cloud State into its first Frozen Four appearance, but Quinnipiac - and it's talented roster of experienced players - was simply too much.
The Bobcats, sensing a trip to the final in their grasp, clamped down the rest of the way to set up a showdown with the Bulldogs.
Quinnipiac dominated all three meetings with Yale this season, outscoring the Bulldogs 13-3 on its way to the ECAC regular-season title.
The matchup between the Bobcats and the Bulldogs assures the ECAC - which for years has struggled in the shadow of the formidable Hockey East - its first national title since Harvard won it in 1989.
''I think it's phenomenal for our league,'' Pecknold said. ''The ECAC was one of the best if not the best league all year, top to bottom.''


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Re: What would you do if a zombie outbreak happend???
zombies will just swim. ever see 28 weeks later? they chased a guy to the docks, and just went right into the water and kept walking.
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zombies will just swim. ever see 28 weeks later? they chased a guy to the docks, and just went right into the water and kept walking.
I would get some one to push me of a cliff, after knocking me out. Or get unconcious then zombified.
Here everyone, I found the book I was talking about - The Zombie Survival Guide
And remember - Organize before they rise!
Ive been looking for that, where did you get it?
oh i got it as a present a few years ago, for xmas if i remember correctly. yea u can pretty much pick it up at any bookstore.
Ive never seen it in a store, I think ill just order it over teh interweb
(By the way kids, dont "Clone the old fashiond way" with zombies)
Witch Zombies are these?? are they half-life 2 zombies or what?
no, these are real zombies.
Not, head-humper zombies. (i could say that all day.)
is it head humper? I thought it was head hoppers but in HL they called both the mines and the crabs hoppers. or was it humpers? i dunno
Humpers, if you play teh online multi, one of the spray paints has one of the headcrabs and it says "Head Humper"
oh yeah ha ha. I dont like the multi, and the new one is out next week yay
no, these are real zombies.
ummmm there is no such thing as "REAL" Zombies. But I was just giving an exaple of zombies I know. I still want to know what kind of ZB's we are talking about.
8 more day's til HL2 ep2 can't wait!
(think of like zombeh zombehs, dawn of teh dead, dead rising, resident evil that new snakes on a plane with zmbehs instead of snakes)
aw yeak zombies on a plane
They need to make spiders on a submarine....
(i got a idea 4 a RPG u might like Jesse)
oo ooo oo do tell
(DOOM (like the doom....2? the one on earth))
yeah doom2 hell on earth uber pwnage
get on a boat we all know that zombies can't swim. oh. and I'd take my guns (I have a few)
well we all know what Boba would do...
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As the Iron Maiden song puts it I would run to the hills. Well actually I would run to the highlands (I would have to steal transport as I do not have a car oh and three car seats for my younglings though if it came to the worst I would just have to buckle them in the adult seatbelts and hope for the best)
Ok time to teach you all a lesson about Zombies.
1. Never use a chainsaw. The loud roar of a chainsaw (even if heard for a short time) would alert any zombies in earshot to your position.
2. Use your head, Cut off theirs.
3. Blades don't need reloading.
4. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
5. No place is safe, only safer.
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
For more information consult the Zombie Survival Guide, Complete protection from the Living Dead.
Great tips I will make sure that I go armed with kitchen knives
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BERLIN – The family of a Delaware woman and mother of two, who went missing in the Pocomoke area over a month ago, this week offered a $5,000 reward for information to help locate her as the holidays near.
Christine Marie Sheddy, 27, of Bowers Beach, Del., was last seen on Nov. 13 in the Byrd Street area of Pocomoke. She has been missing for about five weeks now, touching off a search effort across Worcester County that has been expanded to include neighboring Delaware and Virginia. The Worcester County Sheriff's Department is the lead agency on the investigation with allied law enforcement agencies across three states cooperating.
Sheddy left her Bowers Beach, Del. home on Nov. 13 with her two sons, ages two and four, in tow to visit a couple in Pocomoke she had met earlier through her boyfriend. Sheddy remained behind with her two sons at the Pocomoke residence while the couple went to pick up their own children at school.
When the couple returned, Sheddy was gone and her two boys were left home alone. Sheddy was supposed to have returned to her Bowers Beach residence on Nov. 17. She was reported missing, touching off a search throughout the county and beyond. According to reports, Sheddy's two sons are now staying with their father.
Sheddy is a white female, age 27, approximately 5-feet, 3-inches tall and around 100 pounds. At the time of her disappearance, she had blond, shoulder-length hair.
Anyone with information about Sheddy is urged to contact the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation (WCBI) at 410-352-3476, or the County Sheriff's Department at 410-632-1111.


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int rwlock_destroy(rwlock_t *rwlp);
int rw_rdlock(rwlock_t *rwlp);
int rw_wrlock(rwlock_t *rwlp);
int rw_unlock(rwlock_t *rwlp);
int rw_tryrdlock(rwlock_t *rwlp);
int rw_trywrlock(rwlock_t *rwlp);
Many threads can have simultaneous read-only access to data, while only one thread can have write access at any given time. Multiple read access with single write access is controlled by locks, which are generally used to protect data that is frequently searched.
Readers/writer locks can synchronize threads in this process and other processes if they are allocated in writable memory and shared among cooperating processes (see mmap(2)), and are initialized for this purpose.
Additionally, readers/writer locks must be initialized prior to use. rwlock_init() The readers/writer lock pointed to by rwlp is initialized by rwlock_init(). A readers/writer lock is capable of having several types of behavior, which is specified by type. arg is currently not used, although a future type may define new behavior parameters by way of arg.
type may be one of the following:
USYNC_PROCESS The readers/writer lock can synchronize threads in this process and other processes. The readers/writer lock should be initialized by only one process. arg is ignored. A readers/writer lock initialized with this type, must be allocated in memory shared between processses, i.e. either in Sys V shared memory (see shmop(2)) or in memory mapped to a file (see mmap(2)). It is illegal to initialize the object this way and to not allocate it in such shared memory.
USYNC_THREAD The readers/writer lock can synchronize threads in this process, only. arg is ignored.
Additionally, readers/writer locks can be initialized by allocation in zeroed memory. A type of USYNC_THREAD is assumed in this case. Multiple threads must not simultaneously initialize the same readers/writer lock. And a readers/writer lock must not be re-initialized while in use by other threads.
The following are default readers/writer lock initialization (intra-process): rwlock_t rwlp; rwlock_init(&rwlp, NULL, NULL); OR rwlock_init(&rwlp, USYNC_THREAD, NULL); OR rwlock_t rwlp = DEFAULTRWLOCK; The following is a customized readers/writer lock initialization (inter-process):
rwlock_init(&rwlp, USYNC_PROCESS, NULL);
Any state associated with the readers/writer lock pointed to by rwlp are destroyed by rwlock_destroy() and the readers/writer lock storage space is not released.
rw_rdlock() gets a read lock on the readers/writer lock pointed to by rwlp. If the readers/writer lock is currently locked for writing, the calling thread blocks until the write lock is freed. Multiple threads may simultaneously hold a read lock on a readers/writer lock.
rw_tryrdlock() trys to get a read lock on the readers/writer lock pointed to by rwlp. If the readers/writer lock is locked for writing, it returns an error; otherwise, the read lock is acquired.
rw_wrlock() gets a write lock on the readers/writer lock pointed to by rwlp. If the readers/writer lock is currently locked for reading or writing, the calling thread blocks until all the read and write locks are freed. At any given time, only one thread may have a write lock on a readers/writer lock.
rw_trywrlock() trys to get a write lock on the readers/writer lock pointed to by rwlp. If the readers/writer lock is currently locked for reading or writing, it returns an error.
rw_unlock() unlocks a readers/writer lock pointed to by rwlp, if the readers/writer lock is locked and the calling thread holds the lock for either reading or writing. One of the other threads that is waiting for the readers/writer lock to be freed will be unblocked, provided there is other waiting threads. If the calling thread does not hold the lock for either reading or writing, no error status is returned, and the program's behavior is unknown.
If successful, these functions return 0. Otherwise, a non-zero value is returned to indicate the error.
The rwlock_init() function will fail if:
EINVAL type is invalid.
The rw_tryrdlock() or rw_trywrlock() functions will fail if:
EBUSY The reader or writer lock pointed to by rwlp was already locked.
These functions may fail if:
EFAULT rwlp or arg points to an illegal address.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
MT-Level | MT-Safe |
mmap(2), attributes(5)
These interfaces also available by way of:
#include <thread.h>
If multiple threads are waiting for a readers/writer lock, the acquisition order is random by default. However, some implementations may bias acquisition order to avoid depriving writers. The current implementation favors writers over readers.


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How to use socat with haproxy stat
*** Introduction –
All you know about the haproxy, that its the one of the good opensource load balancing software and to check the fun stats of haproxy here we using 'socat' – Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)
* What is socat?
Socat is a command line based utility that establishes two bidirectional byte streams and transfers data between them. Because the streams can be constructed from a large set of different types of data sinks and sources (see address types), and because lots of address options may be applied to the streams, socat can be used for many different purposes.(see more info at 'man socat' 🙂 or at http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/)
* How to use 'socat' with haproxy stat
Step 1) Download 'socat' from http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/ latest version ~ "socat-2.0.0-b3.tar.gz"
ravi@arun:~$ wget http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-220.127.116.11.tar.gz
ravi@arun:~$ tar xvzf socat-22.214.171.124.tar.gz
ravi@arun:~$ cd socat-18.104.22.168
NOTE ~ No need to install the 'fipsld' package if you got the below msg after running the 'make' just following steps for
compiling socat….
FIPSLD_CC=gcc fipsld -O -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -Wno-parentheses -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -c -o socat.o socat.c
/bin/sh: fipsld: command not found
make: *** [socat.o] Error 127
ravi@arun:~$ ./configure –disable-fips
ravi@arun:~$ make
To install it login as root
ravi@arun:~$ su –
ravi@arun:~# make install
Step 2) Now you need to add stats socket PATH in Haproxy configuration and restart haproxy as per shown in following example,
where I have added it under in 'global' setting –
ravi@arun:~# more /etc/haproxy/myhaproxy.cfg
#———–Start of haproxy Config file————–
log 127.0.0.1 local0
log 127.0.0.1 local1 notice
#log loghost local0 info
maxconn 25000
user ravi
group ravi
stats socket /tmp/haproxy
option contstats
timeout connect 5s
timeout client 25s
timeout server 25s
maxconn 100
listen ravitestbed 0.0.0.0:80 ##ravi.com IP
mode tcp
balance roundrobin
server web1 192.168.19.117
server web2 192.168.19.122
listen stats
bind 0.0.0.0:8081
mode http
#stats uri /stat #Comment this if you need to specify diff stat path for viewing stat page
stats enable
stats auth admin:admin ##Auth user pass
#———–End of haproxy Config file————–
Step 3) Used /tmp/haproxy. Now you can send the commands to get stats from HAProxy –
Now time to use socat
ravi@arun:~# echo "" | socat unix-connect:/tmp/haproxy stdio
Unknown command. Please enter one of the following commands only :
show info : report information about the running process
show stat : report counters for each proxy and server
show errors : report last request and response errors for each proxy
show sess : report the list of current sessions
This will dump (possibly huge) info about all know sessions.
ravi@arun:~$ echo "show sess" | socat unix-connect:/tmp/haproxy stdio
0x9ee3520: proto=tcpv4 src=192.168.19.117:4721 fe=ravitestbed be=ravitestbed srv=arun as=0 ts=08 age=4s calls=3
rq[f=009202h,l=0,an=00h,rx=20s,wx=,ax=] rp[f=009202h,l=0,an=00h,rx=20s,wx=,ax=] s0=[7,8h,fd=1,ex=] s1=[7,8h,fd=2,ex=] exp=20s
0x9eeb8e8: proto=tcpv4 src=192.168.19.117:4723 fe=ravitestbed be=ravitestbed srv=arun as=0 ts=08 age=4s calls=3
rq[f=009000h,l=0,an=00h,rx=20s,wx=,ax=] rp[f=009202h,l=0,an=00h,rx=20s,wx=,ax=] s0=[7,8h,fd=8,ex=] s1=[7,8h,fd=9,ex=] exp=20s
0x9ef3d08: proto=tcpv4 src=192.168.19.117:4725 fe=ravitestbed be=ravitestbed srv=arun as=0 ts=08 age=4s calls=3
rq[f=009000h,l=0,an=00h,rx=20s,wx=,ax=] rp[f=009202h,l=0,an=00h,rx=20s,wx=,ax=] s0=[7,8h,fd=12,ex=] s1=[7,8h,fd=13,ex=]
0x9f04548: proto=unix_stream as=2 ts=09 age=0s calls=2 rq[f=00e042h,l=10,an=20h,rx=10s,wx=,ax=]
rp[f=048060h,l=716,an=00h,rx=,wx=10s,ax=] s0=[7,0h,fd=3,ex=] s1=[0,0h,fd=-1,ex=] exp=9s
This will give you information about the running HAProxy process such as pid, uptime and etc.
ravi@arun:~$ echo "show info" | socat unix-connect:/tmp/haproxy stdio
Name: HAProxy
Version: 1.3.23
Release_date: 2010/01/28
Nbproc: 1
Process_num: 1
Pid: 11829
Uptime: 0d 0h42m53s
Uptime_sec: 2573
Memmax_MB: 0
Ulimit-n: 50013
Maxsock: 50013
Maxconn: 25000
Maxpipes: 0
CurrConns: 1
PipesUsed: 0
PipesFree: 0
Tasks: 1
Run_queue: 1
node: ravi.world
This will give you stats on all of your backends and frontends, some of the same stuff you see on the stats page enabled by the stats uri configuration. As an added bonus it's all in CSV.
ravi@arun:~$ echo "show stat" | socat unix-connect:/tmp/haproxy stdio
ravitestbed,trupti,0,0,0,2,,15,7020,22722,,0,,0,0,0,0,no check,1,1,0,,,,,,1,1,1,,15,,2,0,,2,
ravitestbed,arun,0,0,0,5,,15,25562,27894,,0,,0,0,0,0,no check,1,1,0,,,,,,1,1,2,,15,,2,0,,3,
show errors will give you a capture of last error on each backend/frontend.
ravi@arun:~$ echo "show errors" | socat unix-connect:/tmp/haproxy stdio
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It's that time of year again when prom is on the minds of every teen girl. Many have bought the tickets, booked the limo and, most importantly, picked out the perfect prom dress. It's all for the shear thrill of making everyone's heads turn as they roll up to the dance floor. But no matter how elaborate or lavish the dress is, chances are it won't be as quite a showstopper as these non-traditional prom gowns.
Soda Tab Prom Dress
Colorado teen Regan Kerr spent five months with a needle, thread and 5,114 soda can tabs. (No, she didn't drink 5,114 cans of soda.) The end result was a cocktail dress that shocked everyone. "I thought it was a pretty cool idea," said her friend Sarah, "I just thought it was one of those that would kind of peter out."
Confederate Flag Prom Dress
While a Confederate Flag prom dress may not sound as intricate as maybe one made from soda can tabs, it most certainly turned some heads. Unfortunately, it was in the worst way possible. Tennessee teen Texanna Edwards showed up at her prom and was quickly turned away by her high school principal for being "inappropriate." Despite the fact that many of Edwards' classmates have worn Confederate-related clothing to school and know she wasn't trying to be offensive, school authorities have yet to speak out about the situation.
Cardboard Prom Dress
For 17-year-old Maura Pozek, wearing a cardboard prom dress is not out of the ordinary. She wore a dress made from Doritos bags and soda can tabs (sound familiar?), but this year she tried to "make it work" with something a little less functional. "The only casualty was one of my shoulders came up, and I ended up ripping it off, but other than that, it was completely fine," she said. In light of her work, Maura was accepted into Stephens College, but even with a scholarship, the cost of tuition was too much and she declined the offer.
'My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding' Prom Dress
Have you ever seen 'My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding' on TLC? Well, it's basically England's answer to 'The Real Housewives' and 'Sweet 16.' While it normally focuses on the extravagant and slightly over-the-top weddings to be had in the gypsy community, one cast member, Cassa, switched things up a bit. She decided to go to prom dressed as a big, pink and puffy Glinda from 'The Wizard of Oz.' Too bad her dress practically swallowed everything it came in contact with, including her date. Watch what happens when she finds out she can't fit into the prom bus with all her friends.
Starburst Wrapper Prom Dress
We thought five months was a long time to make a dress, but six years is a little B-A-N-A-N-A-S. It took the Kerrin Frey that long to create her daughter's 'Project Runway'-worthy masterpiece made of Starburst wrappers, which includes a dress, purse, a pair of high heels and the boyfriend's matching vest. Talk about dedication. "Persistent, perfectionist, I'm all of the above," she said.
Gum Wrapper Prom Dress
Elizabeth Rasmuson, like most of us, heard about the crazy duct tape prom dress from a few years back and decided to put her own spin on it. Her 2010 prom gown was crafted from Wrigley's gum wrappers, but even Rasmuson doesn't know how many she used. It got to the point where she'd hand out gum to her friends so she could collect the remains.


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Based on preliminary data, the GHSA projects that fatalities declined from 4,465 in 2009 to 4,376 or fewer in 2010.
In their report (.pdf) , the group said the projection is based on data from 50 states and the District of Columbia. The decline comes on the heels of a dramatic 16 percent drop in 2009, which followed 11 straight years of steady increases in motorcycle deaths, the GHSA said.
The GHSA is a nonprofit association representing the highway safety offices of states, territories, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Its members are appointed by their governors to administer federal and state highway safety funds and implement state highway safety plans.
"We are encouraged by the further decline in rider fatalities," said Ed Moreland, AMA senior vice president for government relations, reacting to the GHSA report. "We hope to see this trend in declining fatalities continue. "But without hard data to support the reasons behind the decline, it is difficult to speculate on the reasons," he added.
"The lack of data underscores the need for a fully comprehensive crash causation study to understand the reasons that riders crash," Moreland said. "That is why we are supportive of the study currently under way at the University of Oklahoma and being directed Dr. Samir Ahmed."
The comprehensive motorcycle crash causation study is being conducted at the Oklahoma Transportation Center, an independent and well-respected research facility at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The last major motorcycle crash study was completed in 1980, and it provided a wealth of data that has been used to develop training and strategies to help keep riders safer on the road.
In the decades since, the traffic environment has changed enormously, prompting the AMA to begin campaigning for a new study several years ago, which led to the Oklahoma research.


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LONDON, Dec 19 The insurance industry looks set to absorb about $65 billion in catastrophe claims this year, down from a near-record $120 billion in 2011, reinsurer Swiss Re said.
Weather-related disasters in the United States accounted for the bulk of the total, Swiss Re said on Wednesday, with superstorm Sandy generating claims of up to $25 billion, and drought damage to crops inflicting a further $11 billion loss.
The 2012 claims bill is above the average for the past 10 years but barely more than half the total for 2011, the second-costliest catastrophe year on record because of Japan's Tohoku earthquake and heavy flooding in Thailand.
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Some of you may be following the "Fauxbocalls" scandal that is the latest offering in the Republican North Party's campaign to demonstrate that they are no different from their southern ideological cousins. Essentially, voters in a number of ridings around the country (including mine, apparently) received calls from people claiming to be from the Liberal Party of Canada. These voters were then advised that their polling place had changed, which was an outright lie.
While it is usually my habit to comment on a political story of this magnitude, I am intentionally avoiding doing so. My primary reason for doing this is that we don't have any answers yet about how widespread this practice is, or how much of it is simply anecdotal. What we do know is that more than 31,000 complaints were made to Elections Canada in this past election, which is more than 4 times the margin of victory for the Republicans in the last election. We also know that complaints in the previous election was in the area of hundreds, not tens of thousands. What we don't know is whether or not anyone in the political wing of the Republican party knows anything whatsoever about this practice.
My official take: I believe them when they say they don't know what happened. I think they're a bunch of scumbags for basically out-and-out stating that they do know what happened, and that it was a tricky ploy by the Liberals to manufacture a controversy. I think that anyone who says this "isn't a big deal" is talking complete nonsense (yes, I am looking directly at you, Rex Murphy). I think that any response other than "we need to determine who did this, and what their intent was" is unnecessarily bet-hedging or worse, an attempt to promulgate a fraud far worse than the one that toppled the previous Liberal government.
That being said, until I have more information (or a particularly slow news week), I am not going to comment beyond that. Below the fold are some articles that I have found interesting and/or useful in parsing this whole issue.
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MPs agree to report illegal phone tactics
The House of Commons voted unanimously Monday to adopt a motion calling on all MPs "to provide Elections Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with any and all information they have on voter suppression and illegal phoning during the last election." But while all parties agreed on the basic principle of reporting foul play to the proper investigators, fingers were pointing all over the place as to who could be responsible for a fast-growing collection of examples of 2011 election campaign calls, both live and automated, which may have falsely impersonated other parties or intentionally sent voters to incorrect locations to vote.
Pushing back on robo-calls, Tories blame Liberals for electoral mischief
Stephen Harper's Conservatives are fighting back in the wake of opposition allegations the Tories arranged for pre-election calls impersonating the Liberal Party to alienate Grit voters. These accusations are different than the robo-call controversy in the riding of Guelph – now under investigation by Elections Canada – where voters were told to head to the wrong polling stations.
From cautious discipline to denial and accusation: the Tory line on robo-calls
The Conservative Party's reaction to the robo-call controversy has evolved since the story first broke last week. Here's what key Tories have said about the allegations of election mischief that have taken over the parliamentary agenda.
Tories accuse Liberals of deeper involvement in Vikileaks attack
The Conservatives have given the Liberals another five days to reveal what they know about the public release of salacious details of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews's divorce before they call the Liberal staffer who resigned over the affair before a committee. Dean Del Mastro, the parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, had said he would move a motion Thursday to have Adam Carroll, the man the Liberals say is behind the Vikileaks 30 Twitter account, to testify before the Commons ethics committee.


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FizzBuzz is a simple test of programing ability, often used by employers to weed out people who can't actually program. Is there an equivalent test for system administrators and general IT guys?
Clarification I'm looking for things that can be tested in an interview setting with some accuracy. Obviously, this isn't going to clearly determine the right person, just as FizzBuzz doesn't for programmers. I'm just looking to weed out people who think they can work as a system administrator/IT Person because they can surf the web.


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